Saturday, September 30, 2006

Maggie Gyllenhaal, "definitely in control."

So says The London Times. They profile the BSR IT girl and her four films out this year: the already released World Trade Center and Trust the Man, as well as Sherrybaby (out everywhere but LR, it seems) and Stranger than Fiction.

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"Sunshine Cleaning," "Wendy and Lucy." And this is fantastic.

Thanks to Philip Martin for a shout-out in his Friday MovieStyle column. I haven't posted my Netflix queue in a while, so here it is.Frozen River; Miracle at St. Anna; Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Happy-Go-Lucky; and Cadillac Records - - all 2008 releases that I missed.

It's the slowest for movies. "Watchmen," the much anticipated film adapted from, arguably, the greatest graphic novel of all time, has stirred the emotions of critics.

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